Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda claims failed attack on oil refinery in Yemen
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Saudi Arabia
A former al Qaeda fighters in the Balkans testified at a UN trial that the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an agency of the Saudi government, funded his unit’s activities during the 1990s. He said the Saudi agency funneled tens of millions of dollars into mujahideen units led by al Qaeda […]
Iraqi Army interdicting Iranian operations in the South
Recent operations in Abu Al Khasib on the Iranian border, Az Zubayr, and Al Qurnah are along Iranian Qods Forces’ supply lines into southern Iraq. Operations against the Mahdi Army continue in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
British general: Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents ‘on brink of defeat’
Iraq
Iraqi security forces captured 70 suspected insurgents after their patrol came under fire in Sharqat. Hit has been placed under curfew after a suicide bomber killed 14 Iraqis and wounded 10. US and Iraqi troops captured 11 Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad. The US has imposed sanctions on the Kurdistan Workers Party.
Iraq
City of Samarra is united by reconstruction of bombed shrine
Iraq
The Iraqi Upturn
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Military: 13 killed in Sri Lanka clashes
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Hekmatyar’s son-in-law freed after four years in jail
Iraq
Australia withdraws troops from Iraq
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Continues Defiance on Mosul, Claims Hotel Suicide Bombing
Pakistan
Is bin Laden really hiding among this pagan people?
Pakistan
President Musharraf is given ultimatum to quit
Al Qaeda
South Asia ‘focus for al Qaeda fight’
Pakistan
Faqir Mohammed met with members of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Swat. Three Taliban were killed when their truck packed with explosives detonated in Mohmand. The Taliban bombed a paramilitary checkpoint in North Waziristan. A committee has been formed to assess the amount of money the government will pay Baitullah Mehsud for damages done during military operations.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s interior ministry said more than 100 Taliban were killed in an operation to retake the Bakwa district in Farah province. Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taliban during operations in Kandahar province. Six police were wounded in an IED attack. One woman was killed and five civilians were wounded in an IED attack on […]
Somalia
The Islamic Courts captured the island town of Kudha in southern Somalia near the Kenyan border. The Islamic Courts captured a member of parliament as he traveled between Baidoa and Mogadishu. He was later released. Negotiations in Djibouti have been postponed.
Negotiations underway with Taliban in Mardan
The local Taliban in the settled district of Mardan have called a ceasefire after the government initiated a ceasefire